Your friend Bob Dylan shouted you out in his MusiCares speech a couple of years back. What did that mean to you?That wink and a nod was worth more than 50 Grammys. That came from Bob, that came from his heart. He didn’t have to fucking say that. The girl I was with started crying. Bob doesn’t like very many people.

What do you make of his standards albums?They’re great. Bob is always so far ahead of us. He’s given me a lot of advice: “Go where they’re not.”